Improvement in hay-spreaders



Be it known that I, NATHAN BRAND, of llion, Herthe rock-shaft, connecting-rod, crank, and gears.

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'lL I ON, NEW YORK Letters Patent .No. 87,392, dated March 2, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-SPREADERS;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the camel.

To all whom it may concern kimer county, New York, have invented a new and improved Machine for SpreadingHay; and I dohei'eby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to thea -ccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same devices in all the figures.

To enable othersskilled in the artsto comprehend, make, and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its nature, constructi0h,.and operation.

The nature of my invention consists in the employment of tines for spreadiughay, which are-attached to and swing upon a rock-shaft with a limited motion, re-

ceiving their backward and forward movement for spreading from the wheels of the machine, through rank e and arm 9 of the ck-shafts in my spreader,'eachbeing connected with the wheel on the same side of the machine, the rock-shaft and wheel on one side of the machine moving entirely independent of the shaft and wheel on the other side, so that in turning around, or moving on a curve, thetines are worked iii-proportion The tines are made in pairs. Each pair consists of a single rod of steel or iron, and are made, as shown in figs. 2 and 3, by being wound once around the rock shaft. in one direction, then bent around the pin a", and wound once more around the rock-shaft, in the opposite direction, the two free ends of the rod being suitably curved to form tines for spreading haymotions on the shaft being limited by the pins z and i. This facilitates the movement of the tines forward to cause. them to catch the hay when they receive a backward movementfrom the rock-shaft.

The-operation of my spreader is as follows: As the wheels roll alongupon the ground, the gear 0 gives motion to pinion a, crank e, and connecting-rod shaft and tines, through arm 9, by which means the tines receive a rapid backward and forward movement. Being curved backward, and, to a'certain extent, loose their forward movement, but seize it and throw it backward and upward with great force, by their backward movement.

The rock-shaft may be lengthened sufficiently to extend outside of the wheels, if desired, so as to spread the hay after the wheels have ,passed over .it.

I have here described the tines as attached to and tached to and swinging upon a bar suspended, by means of arms, from the rock-shaft, said bar taking a backward and forward movement from the shaft.

Having described my invention,

What I desire to have secured to me by Letters Pat ent of the United States, is-

The combination and arrangement of pinion c, crank 0, arm g, with the rock-shafts dd, operated separately or together, substantially, as set forth and described.

I NATHAN BRAND.

Witnesses:

' W. H. ELLIOT,

to the distance the machine travels.

J. B. PELTON.

These tines swing loosely upon the rock-shaft, their over the hay, their weight depressing them sufficiently f, which, in turn, communicates its motion to the rock- 7 upon the rock-shaft, they do not catch the hay during swinging upon the rock-shaft, but they may be at-' 

